DevOps Engineer

About WPP

Do you have experience building and operating cloud platforms with a hands-on and automation-focused approach? Do you enjoy creating tools that make developers’ lives easier while improving the reliability of software delivery? Would you like to work with modern cloud technologies and help shape the future of an engineering platform? Then you might be just the DevOps Engineer we’re looking for.

What will your day look like?

In the role as our new DevOps Engineer, you will be responsible for designing, building, automating and operating a modern cloud-native platform on Microsoft Azure. Your job is to create the infrastructure, tools and processes that enable development teams to deploy and run applications safely, reliably and independently.

More specifically, your tasks include:

• Designing, building and maintaining scalable cloud infrastructure in Microsoft Azure.
• Developing and managing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Creating reusable Terraform modules and supporting multiple environments, such as development, testing and production.
• Deploying and operating Kubernetes platforms, particularly Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
• Managing the Kubernetes cluster lifecycle, including upgrades, monitoring, scaling, security and availability.
• Supporting containerised applications and Kubernetes workloads.
• Implementing and maintaining GitOps workflows using Flux CD.
• Managing application and infrastructure deployments through Git repositories.
• Building and enhancing CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
• Creating self-service capabilities that allow development teams to deploy applications more efficiently.
• Collaborating with development teams to improve deployment processes and platform adoption.
• Automating operational tasks and continuously improving platform reliability.
• Supporting cloud governance, security, access management and cost optimisation practices.
• Monitoring the platform and troubleshooting production incidents.
• Performing root-cause analysis and helping prevent recurring issues.
• Contributing to platform standards, technical documentation and engineering best practices.

Who are you going to work with?

You will work closely with development teams to understand their needs and provide the tools and processes they need to deploy and operate their applications effectively.

The position offers a great opportunity for you to make a personal impact on the way engineering teams work, while helping shape and improve a modern cloud platform.

What do you bring to the table?

You are a hands-on, proactive and collaborative engineer with a genuine passion for cloud technology, automation and platform reliability. You enjoy solving complex technical problems and creating simple, repeatable solutions that can be used by other engineering teams.

You take ownership of your work and are comfortable supporting live production environments. You are also able to communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical colleagues, and enjoy helping development teams adopt new tools and ways of working.

In addition, you have:

• Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure.
• Experience designing and supporting enterprise-scale cloud environments.
• Knowledge of Azure networking, identity management, access control and security.
• Proven experience using Terraform to create and manage cloud infrastructure.
• Experience managing reusable Terraform modules and multi-environment deployments.
• Understanding of Terraform remote state management and infrastructure lifecycle management.
• Strong practical experience with Kubernetes.
• Experience deploying and supporting workloads on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
• Knowledge of Kubernetes ingress controllers, networking, storage, scaling and observability.
• Hands-on experience with GitOps principles and Flux CD.
• Experience managing application and infrastructure deployments through Git repositories.
• Strong experience with GitHub and GitHub Actions.
• Experience building and maintaining automated CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with branching strategies, pull request workflows and repository governance.
• Experience monitoring systems, troubleshooting production incidents and performing root-cause analysis.
• Strong communication, collaboration and problem-solving skills.